Friday, October 6, 2017

Elon Musk says that, if given the green light, he can power Puerto Rico

Elon Musk says that, if given the green light, he can power Puerto Rico

When Scott Stapf read a story about Puerto Rico’s “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to rethink how it gets electricity,” he had a thought: Could Elon Musk rebuild the country’s electricity system with independent solar and battery systems?

So, he posed the question on Twitter TWTR, +2.82% , probably not expecting to get an answer from the man himself.

As Musk says in his tweet, Tesla TSLA, +0.09%  is familiar with what it takes, though on a smaller scale than the one desperately needed in Puerto Rico. Check out this video of how it works on the Samoan island of Ta’u, from the SolarCity blog:

Late Thursday, Puerto Rico Gov. Ricky Rossello expressed his interest, tweeting “Let’s talk” to Musk, saying “PR could be that flagship project.”


Full story at http://on.mktw.net/2xYun0i


Source: MarketWatch


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